Diane Abbott was appointed shadow home secretary, while Jonathan Reynolds was confirmed as shadow City minister and human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti has taken the role of shadow attorney general.

Ashworth's office has been contacted for comment. Though the appointment has not officially been confirmed, Ashworth sent out a tweet about the NHS an hour ago, saying the party will be "campaigning hard" for it.

The NHS was and still is Labour's greatest achievement. On the brink of crisis under the Tories & going backwards. We'll be campaigning hard